The Shaws

Saturday, March 31, 2012

I Love to See the Temple part 2

Here are a couple of pictures that my sweet friend Kim took the day we were up there.

We have 15 girls total in our Activity Days group. We were missing one, but added the sister of one of our girls who wasn't able to go with her age group. We had such a great time!

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

I love to see the Temple...I'm going there someday.

In church I have 3 responsibilities. One of them is looking after a group of 8-12 year-olds known as "Activity Day Girls". We meet twice a month for an hour each time and go over different gospel principles and work on developing talents, etc.

Over the past couple of meetings, we've learned about Family History. We went to a family history center, worked on the computers and talked about different family stories. Tonight we took the girls to the nearest LDS Temple in Richland, Washington and walked the grounds and took pictures.

We were fortunate to be able to go into the first set of doors into a waiting room and visit with a member of the Temple Presidency and his wife. Lots of great questions were asked and the girls were so reverent (I was worried about that one). After the short visit, we lined up outside in the misty rain and took pictures. I want the girls to remember that the Temple is a special place and should be their goal to begin an eternal marriage. After pictures, we walked around the grounds and looked at the beginnings of spring with the flowers blooming and the trees budding. There was such a special spirit of peace there that I hope the girls were able to feel it.

Afterwards, we went to Baskin Robbins and enjoyed a scoop of ice cream before heading home.

We had a total of 15 girls and 5 adults that went and we all had a great time and enjoyed each other's company. I hope that they will remember the special feelings that they felt and strive to make it back when they are old enough.

I took a couple of pictures, but none do the afternoon any justice!

Thursday, March 8, 2012

ETS is 4!

Ethan Taylar Shaw (ETS for short) turned 4 today. My baby is 4! It's mind boggling, to me, to think that I have kiddos as old as they are! I honestly can't keep up! So, enough talking, here are some pictures of the birthday boy!